Invisible Strength
by Karin Wagner and Chris Burton
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Yoni Wolf's Crohn's Story: Told to Quit Music, and Why He Didn't
Yoni Wolf's Crohn's Story: Told to Quit Music, and Why He Didn't
About this podcast
Weekly interviews about living with lupus, RA, MS, Crohn's, and other autoimmune and chronic illnesses. Hosts Karin Wagner and Chris Burton, both living with lupus, talk with athletes, creators, and caregivers about diagnosis, flares, mental health, and resilience.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 97 episodes
- Yoni Wolf's Crohn's Story: Told to Quit Music, and Why He Didn't · 33 min · Episode 97Therapists told Yoni Wolf to quit music and find something else to do. Nearly 20 years into life with Crohn's disease, he's still writing, recording and touring. Yoni Wolf, the…
- Bobbi's MS Story: Couldn't Walk, Told She'd Never Have Kids, and What She Did Next · 48 min · Season 3 Episode 38At 20, Bobbi was told she had cervical cancer and would never have children. Pre-op bloodwork showed she was 15 weeks pregnant. 18 years later, she woke up unable to use her leg…
- Lupus, Hair Loss & Being Dismissed by Doctors: Catisha's Story of Starting Over · 34 min · Season 3 Episode 37Catisha lost more than 200 pounds and was still in pain every day. A rheumatologist told her to lose 50 more. She pushed for testing anyway, and her ANA came back positive…
- Doctors Said It Was Postpartum. It Was a Golf Ball-Sized Tumor. | McKenzie Bovard | Invisible Strength Podcast #94 · 45 min · Season 3 Episode 43McKenzie Bovard was told her crushing fatigue, bloating, and hair loss were "just postpartum." Years later — after a plasma center rejected her blood three times and her husband…
- Rest Maxing, Surprise Triggers & Living Well with MCAS, POTS & EDS, with Lauren | Invisible Strength Podcast · 37 min · Season 3 Episode 35Lauren didn't know people weren't supposed to be in pain all the time until a doctor told her. In this episode, Karin and Lauren (@nourishing_lauren) talk about a lifetime of…
- Ep. 92: Lupus, AVN, and Building a Career on Your Own Terms with Sakshi · 30 min · Season 3 Episode 34This week, Karin sits down with Sakshi — a 24-year-old lupus warrior who also lives with avascular necrosis (AVN), the same degenerative bone condition Karin has navigated…
- Diagnosed With MS Mid-Bodybuilding Prep — Kelsie's Story | Invisible Strength Podcast · 27 min · Season 3 Episode 33A competitive bodybuilder and personal trainer for over a decade, Kelsie was mid-prep for her "redemption show" when her body started sending warning signs she couldn't explain…
- Hiding an Autoimmune Diagnosis for 10 Years at NASA — Cindy's Story | Invisible Strength Podcast · 34 min · Season 3 Episode 32Cindy hid her autoimmune diagnosis for 10 years — even from a military discharge board that told her she was "healthy, just didn't want to run." It wasn't until a 12-mile hike…
- Told She'd Never Dive Again: Deanna Steinle on Life w/ Myasthenia Gravis | Invisible Strength Podcast · 42 min · Season 3 Episode 31Deanna Steinle was a professional diver, speaker, and PR professional before a diagnosis of generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) changed everything. In this episode, she talks…
- She Performed 3 Days With Blood Clots In Her Lungs · 43 min · Season 3 Episode 30Shanelle Gabriel is an internationally touring poet and singer who's performed at Carnegie Hall, the Vatican, and HBO's Def Poetry Jam — and she's also been living with lupus…
- Grieving Your Old Goals: What an Endurance Coach Taught Us About Setbacks · 41 min · Season 3 Episode 29This week's guests are endurance-athlete coaches: Katie (registered dietitian, runner, living with Hashimoto's) and Coach Justin (triathlon coach, Tabula Rasa Racing). Their take…
- "I'm Usually the Zebra": Denise Zubizarreta on Getting Diagnosed With Multiple Autoimmune Diseases · 52 min · Season 3 Episode 28Denise Zubizarreta spent over a decade being told her symptoms were anxiety, being "too active," or nothing at all — before she was eventually diagnosed with ulcerative colitis…
- Hannah Judge: Touring with Crohn's, Comics Instead of Journaling · 37 min · Season 3 Episode 27Musician and illustrator Hannah Judge (Fan Club Wallet) talks with Karin and Chris about getting diagnosed with Crohn's at 16, touring with a fridge of medication, and why…
- "Should" Is a Bad Word — Jodie Nimigon-Young on Living Fully With Lupus | Invisible Strength Podcast · 43 min · Season 3 Episode 26Diagnosed with lupus the week before her 13th birthday, Jodie Nimigon-Young was told she wouldn't finish school and wouldn't have children. She's now a social worker in…
- Stage 4 Cancer, Training for Kona: Jim's "Just Keep TRI-ing" Story · 50 min · Season 3 Episode 26In April 2024, Jim was the healthiest guy he knew — an endurance athlete, a business owner, a husband of 30 years entering a comfortable retirement. Then a doctor's visit for…
- Narcolepsy at 9: Shame, Advocacy & Finding Strength in Being Different — Garrett Wade · 29 min · Season 3 Episode 25Diagnosed with narcolepsy at nine, Garrett Wade spent years hiding it — napping alone in the nurse’s office, collapsing when he laughed, waking from nightmares no one understood…
- "Can I Still Play Softball?" — Elizabeth Peery on a Type 1 Diabetes Diagnosis That Didn't Slow Her Down | Invisible Strength Poddcast · 33 min · Season 3 Episode 24At 10 years old, Elizabeth Peery was rushed to the ER with a blood sugar over 800 and a brand-new type 1 diabetes diagnosis. Her first question wasn't about needles or hospitals…
- Invisible Strength: Kelly Jones on Crohn's, Endometriosis, and Trusting Your Gut When Doctors Won't · 38 min · Season 3 Episode 23If you’ve ever been told it’s “just bad periods,” “just IBS,” or “just anxiety” — this one’s for you.In this episode of the Invisible Strength Podcast, Karin Wagner and Chris B…
- Chronically Iconic: Siana Smith on Acting with MS, Skydiving for a Cure, and Refusing to Be Defined by a Diagnosis · 39 min · Season 5 Episode 21When Siana Smith's leg kept going numb at work, she and her colleagues laughed it off. It wasn't until she felt an electric shock shoot down her spine during a self-tape that she…
- Two in a Million: Webb Kosich on Aplastic Anemia, a Sister's Bone Marrow, and Fighting His Way Back to D1 Soccer | Invisible Strength Podcast · 32 min · Season 5 Episode 20Imagine being a 19-year-old college freshman, playing in every game of your first Division 1 soccer season — and then, over a single winter break, watching your body start to…
